Lois Ehlert - Part 2

While celebrating Lois Ehlert, we read Snowballs (see my blog post about it here) and Oodles of Animals.

After reading the book, my students created animals using torn paper.  I just love what they came up with!!

Lois Ehlert - Part 1

https://theeducatorsspinonit.com/2012/09/lois-ehlert-author-study-virtual-book.html

The Author Spotlight was on Lois Ehlert during the month of November.  She turned 82 years old on November 9, 2016.  She is the author of numerous books, most of which lend themselves beautifully to the creation of art in our library.  We read The Scraps Book: Notes from a Colorful Life.  My students and I really enjoyed this book and learned a lot about Lois Ehlert and the style in which she creates her art.  I highly recommend this book!

In the past I have had students create art using the book Eating the Alphabet but this year we used Snowball and Oodles of Animals.

This is how we made our snowmen after reading Snowballs...

Each student got to choose 3 torn "snowballs".  

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I used a chip and dip tray to organize the supplies.  There were feathers, buttons, noodles, black beans, scraps of fleece, pom poms, and ribbon.

Supplies, paper and glue all set up for a Pre-K class.  They weren't good at writing their names yet, so I wrote their names on the paper and had them look for their name :)  

Some of the finished products...

       

          

      

Back to School

I know this is not the right time of year, but I am transferring some things from my old blog to my new blog...so, back to school we go (at nearly the end of the year!)

It's that time of year again!  I have been back to school and busy getting my new library space freshened up!  It is the first time that I have had my own classroom in many, many years and I have had so much fun decorating!

This year I am going to start an Author Spotlight bulletin board.

I have not finished it yet, but my first author in the spotlight will be Roald Dahl.  He is such a fun author and we will be celebrating his 100th birthday this month!  I downloaded the 100th birthday Party Pack here.  Yesterday I picked up this fabulous dictionary, too!

My 7 year old son has had a blast reading this book!

Here are some other shots of my library...

I've added labels to help kids find their way around our new library

The Cat in the Hat sits next to our Dr. Seuss books.

Dewey numbers on the wall and L is for Library alphabet above. If you look down in the far side of the picture, you can see my portrait, "Pigeon on Canvas"

Author Spotlight - David Shannon

Our author spotlight bulletin board featured David Shannon for the month of October.

The students loved reading Duck on a Bike, A Bad Case of the Stripes, Jangles, and No, David!  We learned facts about David Shannon and even got to draw David!